Edwaed p



(Model.)

B. P. HALL.

ATTACHMENT FOR TABLES, &c.

No. 348,462. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

mznasxcw. g igfzveizz'az mwzdm. W 77% 40mm Jam.

nv Pzr'rns. rmmumo n m. Withingtun, u. c

IJNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD P. HALL, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK F. OURTZE, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR TABLES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,462, dated August 31, 1886.

Application filed June 26, 1585. Serial No. 169,863. (Modeh) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Tables, Desks, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled [O in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for tables, desks, &c.; and it consists of a slate or tablet, a frame for surrounding said tablet and 1 holding it in place, and a receptacle for pencils, sponge, or other small articles. The device may be applied to gaming-tables, school- (lesks, or other like forms.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown it applied to a portable wall-tablesuch, for example, as are used in sleeping and drawing-room ears, where it will be prinei- .pally used for keeping the count in games.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a perspec- 2 tive view ofa table-top having therein my attaelnnent. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the table top and transversely across my attachment. Fig. 3 is a side view of the table-top folded against the wall. Fig.

0 4 is a top or plan view of the table-top.

A is the table-top, which is mortised or cut away so that my attachment can be let in flush with the surface.

B is a metallic frame, which surrounds the 5 slate or tablet and has at one side a depres sion, 13, which forms a box or receptacle for pencils, &e. This receptacle is provided with a hinged cover, B. In the said cover there is a depression, I), which serves to hold apeneil from rolling when laid in it.

The receptacle I3 is divided into compartments 1) b and If, of which the former are for pencils or other light articles, and the latter for a sponge to be used to clean the tablet.

\Vhen it is desired the tablet may be-backed with a layer of cement, plaster-of-paris, or other substance. (This is shown in Fig. 2, and marked D.)

The frame of the slate or tablet and the extension thereof, which forms the box or recepo tacle, maybe of one piece of metal or not, as desired. I

\Vhere the attachment is used on aportable or folding table, the cover B of the receptacle should be made a spring cover, so it willkeep shut.

The utility of my device can be easily understood. It may be applied on tables which are designed to be kept covered with a spread or cloth, and when the table is wanted to play 6 games on the spread will be removed.

That I claim as new is- 1. In an attachment for tables, the combination of a metallic frame, which is provided with a receptacle for pencils, sponge, or other 6 5 articles, and a tablet which is surrounded by said frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In an attachment for tables, the combination, substantially as set forth, of the tabletframe B, having depression B at one side, forming a receptacle for pencils and other articles, and a hinged cover, I3, for said receptacle, having the indentation btherein, for the purposes mentioned.

3. In an attachment for tables, the combination, substantially as set forth, of the tab- 1et-frame I3, and the receptacle 13, having a sponge-ho.\', I)", and pencil-compartments b therein.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD I. HALL.

IVitnesses:

JNo. K. HALLooK, RoB'r. H. PORTER. 

